embastiller
French
Etymology
en- + Bastille + -er
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɑ̃.bas.ti.je/
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Verb
embastiller
- (historical) to imprison in Bastille
- (by extension) to imprison
Conjugation
Conjugation of embastiller (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | embastiller | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | embastillant /ɑ̃.bas.ti.jɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | embastillé /ɑ̃.bas.ti.je/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | embastille /ɑ̃.bas.tij/ | embastilles /ɑ̃.bas.tij/ | embastille /ɑ̃.bas.tij/ | embastillons /ɑ̃.bas.ti.jɔ̃/ | embastillez /ɑ̃.bas.ti.je/ | embastillent /ɑ̃.bas.tij/ |
imperfect | embastillais /ɑ̃.bas.ti.jɛ/ | embastillais /ɑ̃.bas.ti.jɛ/ | embastillait /ɑ̃.bas.ti.jɛ/ | embastillions /ɑ̃.bas.tij.jɔ̃/ | embastilliez /ɑ̃.bas.tij.je/ | embastillaient /ɑ̃.bas.ti.jɛ/ | |
past historic2 | embastillai /ɑ̃.bas.ti.je/ | embastillas /ɑ̃.bas.ti.ja/ | embastilla /ɑ̃.bas.ti.ja/ | embastillâmes /ɑ̃.bas.ti.jam/ | embastillâtes /ɑ̃.bas.ti.jat/ | embastillèrent /ɑ̃.bas.ti.jɛʁ/ | |
future | embastillerai /ɑ̃.bas.tij.ʁe/ | embastilleras /ɑ̃.bas.tij.ʁa/ | embastillera /ɑ̃.bas.tij.ʁa/ | embastillerons /ɑ̃.bas.tij.ʁɔ̃/ | embastillerez /ɑ̃.bas.tij.ʁe/ | embastilleront /ɑ̃.bas.tij.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | embastillerais /ɑ̃.bas.tij.ʁɛ/ | embastillerais /ɑ̃.bas.tij.ʁɛ/ | embastillerait /ɑ̃.bas.tij.ʁɛ/ | embastillerions /ɑ̃.bas.ti.jə.ʁjɔ̃/ | embastilleriez /ɑ̃.bas.ti.jə.ʁje/ | embastilleraient /ɑ̃.bas.tij.ʁɛ/ | |
(compound tenses) | present perfect | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
past anterior2 | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | embastille /ɑ̃.bas.tij/ | embastilles /ɑ̃.bas.tij/ | embastille /ɑ̃.bas.tij/ | embastillions /ɑ̃.bas.tij.jɔ̃/ | embastilliez /ɑ̃.bas.tij.je/ | embastillent /ɑ̃.bas.tij/ |
imperfect2 | embastillasse /ɑ̃.bas.ti.jas/ | embastillasses /ɑ̃.bas.ti.jas/ | embastillât /ɑ̃.bas.ti.ja/ | embastillassions /ɑ̃.bas.ti.ja.sjɔ̃/ | embastillassiez /ɑ̃.bas.ti.ja.sje/ | embastillassent /ɑ̃.bas.ti.jas/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | embastille /ɑ̃.bas.tij/ | — | embastillons /ɑ̃.bas.ti.jɔ̃/ | embastillez /ɑ̃.bas.ti.je/ | — | |
compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). |
Derived terms
- embastillement
Further reading
- “embastiller”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.